calendar>>August 15. 2009 Juche 98
Floral Tribute Paid to Kim Il Sung
Pyongyang, August 15 (KCNA) -- Floral baskets were placed before the statues of President
Kim Il Sung on the occasion of the 64th anniversary of the liberation of Korea.

Seen standing before the statue of President Kim Il Sung on Mansu Hill was a floral basket sent by Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army.

Laid before the statue of the President amid the playing of the floral basket-laying music were floral baskets in the name of the party, armed forces and power organs, social organizations, ministries, national institutions, KPA units, scientific, educational, cultural and art, public health and media institutions, industrial establishments, farms and schools, etc. and bouquets and flowers.

Also placed was a floral basket in the name of the Pyongyang Mission of the Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front. The ribbons of the floral baskets bore letters "The Great Leader Comrade
Kim Il Sung Will Live Forever," "The Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung Will Always Be with Us" and "The Great Revolutionary Exploits of the Respected Leader Generalissimo Kim Il Sung Will Be Immortal!"

The participants paid tribute to the President in deep reverence.

Floral tribute was also paid to the statues of the President at various units in Pyongyang and in local places.

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